Oracle to hire 200 people for Bengaluru's Digital Hub

Oracle will be hiring 200 people in a new hub that it is establishing in Bengaluru to promote and sell digital technologies. The hub is part of five that are coming up in the Asia-Pacific region, including in Australia, China, Korea and Singapore, as it seeks to sharply increase its revenues from cloud solutions. Across the region, it will hire 1,000 digital-savvy professionals, the company said.TNN | June 23, 2016, 17:24 IST

BENGALURU: Oracle will be hiring 200 people in a new hub that it is establishing in Bengaluru to promote and sell digital technologies. The hub is part of five that are coming up in the Asia-Pacific region, including in Australia, China, Korea and Singapore, as it seeks to sharply increase its revenues from cloud solutions. Across the region, it will hire 1,000 digital-savvy professionals, the company said.

"We want to democratize access to Oracle cloud and offer personalized experiences to our existing and potential customers," said Shailender Kumar, managing director, OracleIndia. Oracle today has as-a-service solutions across software, platforms and infrastructure, and the digital hub will focus on all of them.

Kumar said the new hires will be equipped with technical and sales capabilities, allowing them to make cloud purchases quicker and easier for mid-sized firms across industries including manufacturing, banking and healthcare, and for startups. They will be provided sophisticated tools like smart walls to deliver real-time demos to customers.

Market intelligence firm IDC expects global demand for cloud to grow at a CAGR of 23% from 2013 to 2019. "We are witnessing one of the fastest technology adoptions in India with Oracle cloud. The combined forces of cloud, mobility and social are changing how customers want to buy and be catered to in today's digital market place," Kumar said. Oracle India employs over 40,000 professionals across various businesses including R&D, consulting, direct sales and global support.